Daniel Caltagirone (born 18 June 1972) is an English actor,[1] best known for his roles in The Beach, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, and the Oscar-winning film The Pianist. His breakthrough role came in the television series Lock Stock, where he played series lead Moon. He is father to two children with ex-wife Melanie Sykes.[2][3]
Daniel Caltagirone | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 June 1972 London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, producer |
| Spouse | |
Early life
editCaltagirone was born and brought up in London, where he attended St Ignatius College, Enfield. He spent a considerable amount of time as a child in New York City, where he has relatives.
Acting career
editCaltagirone went on to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,[4] graduating in 1997. It was during his last year at Guildhall that he was discovered by an ITV talent scout and cast as a lead in Ruth Rendell's Going Wrong. He finished filming his first film role, Legionnaire, alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in the summer of 1998.[citation needed]
Shortly after, he spent a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Whilst at the RSC he was spotted by director Danny Boyle and cast as Unhygenix in The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio[5] Before commencing work on The Beach, he joined the cast of Friends for a role in "The One with Ross's Wedding", filmed mostly in London. In 1999, he was cast by Guy Ritchie as one of the leads in Lock Stock, the TV spin off of the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.[6]
Caltagirone then starred in Roman Polanski's The Pianist which went on to win an array of international awards, including Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screen Play.[7]
In 2003 he appeared in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie and Gerard Butler. Shortly after finishing filming on Tomb Raider he was cast in the movie The Fall. Directed by Tarsem Singh, Caltagirone played the dual roles of Hollywood star Archibald Sinclair and Governor Odious.[citation needed]
In 2006 Caltagirone starred in The Path to 9/11, the two part miniseries which aired in the United States on ABC. The film starring Harvey Keitel and Donnie Wahlberg dramatizes the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Caltagirone was cast as one of the CIA operatives who were allegedly sent to kill Osama bin Laden. In 2009, he played ex-SAS Captain Gideon Stone in The Fixer. He portrayed aristocrat Girolamo de Treviso in The Tudors in 2010. He then performed at The Hampstead Theatre in .45, playing alongside fellow Tudors alumna Natalie Dormer in 2011. In 2016, he appeared in the TV series Medici: Masters of Florence.[citation needed]. In 2020 he played Will Arnot in Death in Paradise.
In September 2021, Caltagirone was honoured with the Nations Award in Venice for Outstanding Contribution to Film.[8]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Legionnaire | Guido Rosetti | |
| 2000 | The Beach | Unhygenix | |
| 2000 | Mad About Mambo | Carlos Rega | |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Majorek | |
| 2002 | The Four Feathers | Gustave | |
| 2003 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life | Nicholas Petraki | |
| 2006 | The Fall | Sinclair / Governor Odious | |
| 2006 | After... | Nate | |
| 2010 | The Reeds | Joe | |
| 2011 | Lipstikka | Michael | |
| 2012 | Outpost: Black Sun | Macavoy | |
| 2013 | Convenience | Tommy | |
| 2015 | Dough | Stephen Dayan | |
| 2016 | Smoking Guns | Richard Holt | |
| 2016 | Eliminators | Ray | |
| 2020 | Original Gangster | Campbell | |
| 2024 | Thangalaan | Lord Clement | Tamil film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Heartbeat | Liam | Episode: "In on the Act" |
| 1997, 2008 | The Bill | Billy Figgis / Simon Watson | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Friends | The Waiter | Episode: "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 2" |
| 1998 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Danny Danilo | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | The Cyberstalking | Taylor | Television film |
| 1999, 2000 | A Touch of Frost | Ray English | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Harbour Lights | Harry Badden | Episode: "A Quiet Storm" |
| 2000 | Lock, Stock... | Moon | 7 episodes |
| 2001 | The Lost Battalion | Pvt. Phillip Cepeglia | Television film |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Mark | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | The Passion | Eban | |
| 2009 | Above Suspicion | DS Paul Barolli | |
| 2009 | The Fixer | Gideon Stone | Episode #2.3 |
| 2010 | Silent Witness | Peter Snelling | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | The Tudors | Girolamo da Treviso | |
| 2010 | Time Machine: Rise of the Morlocks | Hoyle | Television film |
| 2012 | The Fear | Eddie Timms | Episode #1.1 |
| 2015 | Crossing Lines | Robert Penny | Episode: "Redux" |
| 2016 | Medici | Pazzi | 7 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | Britannia | Brutus | 10 episodes |
| 2019 | Ransom | Inspector Lorenzo Maramoldo | Episode: "It's a Ravenzo" |
| 2019 | 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? | John W. Pehle | Television film |
| 2020 | Death in Paradise | Will 'Wolfie' Arnot | Episode: "Murder on Mosquito Island" |
| 2020 | Agatha and the Midnight Murders | Eli Schneider | Television film |
| 2021 | Domina | Ledipus | Episode: "Fall" |
References
edit- ^ Daniel Caltagirone profile, independenttalent.com; accessed 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Melanie Sykes, 50, stuns fans with incredible workout body". HELLO!. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ "Mel Sykes breaks up with Italian husband". independent. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ A Clockwork Orange — The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 13 March 1997.
- ^ My hols: actor Daniel Caltagirone, thetimes.co.uk; accessed 3 December 2017.
- ^ Cast of North Pole, rebisfilm.com; accessed 3 December 2017.
- ^ "2002 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ Palermo Today, 10th September 2021.